[Jewelry making - Article 00802] - Re: [Orchid] The physical requirements of goldsmithing

[Stephen Wyrick]

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Hi David,

    I had a young man knock on my door one day and ask if I needed a
    jeweller. After recognizing that he had a "HOOK" in place of a hand,
    I asked him that I may have some work for him that would be suited
    for his disability. He replied that he could do almost any thing that
    people with both hands could do. Instantly I gave him a bench and
    told him to out fit it with the tools he could use. This man worked
    for me 8 years and was a most talented and could do things that I
    could not, such as hold a ring in his right hand (HOOK) and weld it.
    The young man was one of my greatest assets and I never considered
    him to be handicapped. Some times he would break his cabling and we
    would take every thing off and re-weld his cable and he would just
    get back to work on his projects. Thank you for allowing me to tell
    you and the rest that read this, I never considered this person to
    be disabled or handy-capped, I miss him. 

Stephen Wyrick, CMBJ, CSMP, GIA Grad
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